The Publish button is greyed out or missing

The button is deliberately cautious: it is only available when publishing would be correct, complete and allowed. Each cause below shows its own message on the page, so the page itself tells you what to do.

Symptoms#

• The button says Nothing to publish.
• Publish N changes is grey and does nothing when pressed.
• There is no Publish button at all.

Likely causes#

Confirmed (each is a rule of the page itself):

1. There is nothing to publish. The file has no new or updated items: everything is unchanged, skipped or an error. The button says Nothing to publish.
2. The confirmation box is not ticked. When the page shows Please look at the changes before publishing with reasons (the first file with a configuration, a changed configuration, changed columns), the button waits for I reviewed the changes above.
3. A newer check exists. A banner says This file was checked again since you opened these results. Approval applies only to what you have seen.
4. The allowance is short. A box says Not enough of your allowance left, with the numbers.
5. The site is paused by your plan. A box says This site is paused by your plan's site limit.
6. A publish is already in progress: the button reads Publishing….
7. The file is not at the review stage. The button only exists for a file that is Ready for review. A file that is Reading file, Checking, Needs mapping, Publishing, Done or failed has no Publish button.
8. Your workspace is suspended, or all publishing is paused. A notice at the top of every page says so.

Step-by-step solution#

How to verify#

The button reads Publish N changes and can be pressed; pressing it shows N changes queued for publishing. and the page switches to the publishing progress.

If it persists#

• Reload the page: a stale page may be showing an old state.
• If the message under the button is a refusal after you pressed it, see when Publish is refused.
• Contact support with the file's name, the configuration's name and a screenshot of the page.